Statement by State Minister for Foregin Affairs KUNIMITSU at the 11th NPT Review Conference General Debate

TOKYO, April 28 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release:

On April 28, commencing at 4:24 a.m. (local time on April 27 3:24 p.m.), Dr. KUNIMITSU Ayano, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting New York, the United States, for attending the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). State Minister KUNIMITSU delivered a statement in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations.The overview of the statement is as follows:

At the outset, State Minister KUNIMITSU delivered a message from Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, as follows: This NPT Review Conference is being convened at a critical juncture for the internation...